Songs My Brothers Taught Me
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1h 33m
Directed by Chloé Zhao • Arthouse • 2015 • US • English
Starring John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard
Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao's debut feature captures the subtleties of a marginalized existence. Johnny, a restless Lakota teen, and his little sister Jashaun live with their mother on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. While Johnny looks for ways to escape by moving to LA, Jashaun holds onto her faith in the community and the simple pleasures she finds there.
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